Month: January 2021

10:25 AM ET The Houston Texans are expected to request second interviews with Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier and Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy after Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, sources told ESPN. Both candidates believe they have a legitimate chance to land the Texans’ head-coaching job and have begun assembling a coaching
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7:45 AM ET In a season unlike any other, Super Bowl week also will not be like any other. Super Bowl teams always arrive in the city of the game one week in advance, but this season’s participants are not allowed to arrive in Tampa, Florida, any earlier than the Friday before Super Bowl LV,
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6:09 AM ET The UFC is working to finalize a welterweight matchup between former champion Tyron Woodley and Vicente Luque at UFC 260 on March 27, per multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but the promotion is close to officially booking the 170-pound contest. The UFC has not officially announced a location for the
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8:10 PM ET The UFC heavyweight championship will be on the line on March 27. A rematch between champion Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou will headline UFC 260, sources told ESPN. The co-main event will feature UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski against Brian Ortega, according to sources. The date and location for UFC 260 have
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2:54 AM ET An extra women’s tennis tournament catering for players serving 14-day hard lockdowns in Melbourne will be added to the calendar ahead of next month’s Australian Open. It means six tournaments will be staged simultaneously early next month ahead of the Open, which is due to begin on February 8. There will now
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1:25 AM ET DeMarcus Cousins readily admits that he didn’t know whether he’d ever have another dominant performance. In fact, Cousins acknowledged after his 28-point, 17-rebound, 5-assist outing in the Houston Rockets’ 133-108 win Saturday night over the Dallas Mavericks that there were times that doubts crept into his mind whether he’d ever even get
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2:56 AM ET Three-hundred and sixty-three days following Kobe Bryant’s death and 104 days after winning the championship in his honor, the Los Angeles Lakers‘ co-captains, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, reflected on the time that’s passed since the world lost Bryant. “Man, it’s a saying that time heals all,” James said after a win
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2:19 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The bad news for Conor McGregor fans is that he was knocked out by Dustin Poirier in the second round of their UFC 257 main event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, early Sunday morning. The good news for fans of the Irish superstar? Their man immediately recognized he had
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12:44 AM ET Stephen Fulton had to wait several months to get a crack at the WBO’s junior featherweight belt. When he finally got his opportunity on Saturday, Fulton didn’t squander it. The Philadelphia native knocked off Angelo Leo via unanimous decision to win the title. In a bout that wasn’t short on action, Fulton
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12:44 AM ET Dustin Poirier pulled off a stunner Saturday night, scoring a TKO victory over Conor McGregor in the second round in the main event of UFC 257. The finish came at 2 minutes, 32 seconds. The fight, a non-title bout contested at 155 pounds, took place inside Etihad Arena on Yas Island in
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11:09 PM ET Associated Press LA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Darren Clarke won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship by two strokes on Saturday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory, playing the back nine in 6 under in a closing 8-under 64. The 52-year-old former British Open winner from Northern Ireland started the back-nine run with birdies
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12:47 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs will likely have running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire but be without Le’Veon Bell for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Edwards-Helaire is listed as questionable due to ankle and hip injuries. The team is still unsure exactly how much he will
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